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Forum: Hardware mods 07 November 2018, 23:35
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Posted By plasmab
Maybe. Can you confirm the resistor value you...

Maybe. Can you confirm the resistor value you have on the IDEWAIT line?

I would try the 11-4 beta bus code with the RC2 ram. If that doesnt work there is a hardware fault of some kind.
Forum: project.CD32 Conversion 07 November 2018, 19:14
Replies: 22
Views: 5,279
Posted By plasmab
I really have no interest in adding anything to...

I really have no interest in adding anything to my accelerators except the essentials. The more options the more support. My philosophy is LEAN. The bare minimum. This keeps the cost down for the end...
Forum: project.CD32 Conversion 07 November 2018, 17:58
Replies: 22
Views: 5,279
Posted By plasmab
TF328 has no RTC. When I designed it it was with...

TF328 has no RTC. When I designed it it was with gamers in mind.
Forum: Amiga scene 07 November 2018, 11:20
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Not seen any insults actually. It’s been pretty...

Not seen any insults actually. It’s been pretty well behaved.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 07 November 2018, 08:37
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
It has to run and diagnose things when ram is...

It has to run and diagnose things when ram is broken yes.
Forum: Amiga scene 07 November 2018, 00:20
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Except that half the time this doesnt work.. i...

Except that half the time this doesnt work.. i get a guru.



Like md5sum2, the updated scsi device libraries, loadmodule, extractmodule, mmu.lib... oh wait.. any useful software whatsoever.
...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 November 2018, 23:25
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Yes. DiagROM and froniter. In DiagROM i...

Yes. DiagROM and froniter.

In DiagROM i tend to do ...



code:
lea .return_address,a4
jmp my_subroutine
.return_address
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 06 November 2018, 23:01
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
You know i actively contribute to DiagROM right?...

You know i actively contribute to DiagROM right? I'm happy with doing things the hacky way. I just have guilt for it.
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 21:58
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
RPMs.... horrible things. Apt was good back in...

RPMs.... horrible things. Apt was good back in 2000. But nobody was offering support and the Debian (development) guys are ... how do I put this ... they make Amiga users look like a bunch of chilled...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 21:43
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
I installed debian 2 from cds downloaded from the...

I installed debian 2 from cds downloaded from the net and burned. It was circa 2000. I then updated via the fast uni internet. My first debian PC was my the computer I used for work at the uni. I...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 21:30
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Urgh.. treating computers like pets rather than...

Urgh.. treating computers like pets rather than cattle.. no interest for me. I'd rather watch paint dry. I want to use them to do stuff.
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 21:27
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
AmigaOS 3.1.4 withdrawn from market after Amiga

Rubbish. I was using apt-get in 2001. And it wasn’t new then. Debian 2 had it.

Initial release of apt-get.. March 31st 1998. 20 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(Debian)
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 21:26
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Add on to this that every package has a different...

Add on to this that every package has a different process for installing. A good whack of the lha files on Aminet are tarbombs that trash the folder they are unpacked in....

It’s the definition...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 20:33
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Possibly. PC hardware got real cheap around 1998...

Possibly. PC hardware got real cheap around 1998 though.




Utterly disagree. I can install an application and everything it needs in seconds on Debian. Without having to worry about it. On...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 14:47
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Hmmm. The closest thing I saw to AmigaOS around...

Hmmm. The closest thing I saw to AmigaOS around then was Beos. I loved it. It died partially because it was closed source. Lesson right there.
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 13:47
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
AmigaOS 3.1.4 withdrawn from market after Amiga

I doubt that by the time MacOSX came out on x86 there was very much left that was compatible. Maybe the init routines... ten years is a long time in any codebase. I think that saying MacOS is...
Forum: support.Hardware 06 November 2018, 13:33
Replies: 34
Views: 3,332
Posted By plasmab
Safest desoldering strategy.

And except when drag soldering smd parts.

I always apply solder to the tip. All the time. But I drown everything in flux.

TBH there are no hard and fast rules in soldering. It’s a bit like...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 November 2018, 13:25
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
The first PPC Mac came out in 1994. The first x86...

The first PPC Mac came out in 1994. The first x86 MAC was circa 2004. That’s a long time for a “not port”.

I don’t think it would have made sense to port AmigaOS to x86 in 1994. By 1998 it was...
Forum: Hardware mods 06 November 2018, 08:55
Replies: 4,059
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Posted By plasmab
I’d only need to run for a hour or so. Wonder if...

I’d only need to run for a hour or so. Wonder if anyone in Glasgow has one.
Forum: Hardware mods 05 November 2018, 21:09
Replies: 4,059
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Posted By plasmab
This is quite odd. The Alfa ram may be being...

This is quite odd. The Alfa ram may be being naughty and just decoding the address bus and not the AS pin. That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.

The TF530 doesn’t assert AS, LDS, UDS...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 19:39
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
It’s a fail in many ways. The macro was...

It’s a fail in many ways.

The macro was sh1t.

The person using the macro didn’t check (or understand) that it needed curlies. They just equated one line of code with no need for them.

They...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 18:50
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
And it can result in people getting shot. For...

And it can result in people getting shot. For real. No joke. Don’t ask me to elaborate on that unless you’re handing me a beer in a pub.

I curly everything obsessively now.

Every macro should...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 18:37
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Posted By plasmab
I’ve seen someone apply that logic with a Macro...

I’ve seen someone apply that logic with a Macro that had 4 lines of code in it. The macro wasn’t encapsulated in curlies. The consequences were actually v serious. It was a safety critical...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 18:27
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Posted By plasmab
You’re the guy who does that!!! I like my braces...

You’re the guy who does that!!! I like my braces with equal indents. Easier to keep track of!

Now I just need to track down the guy who doesn’t put curlies around else statements...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 18:22
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Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Ah. I guess I’m totally used to them. This is...

Ah. I guess I’m totally used to them. This is probably part of the reason a lot of places have a ~30 line code limit on method size in their coding standards. I use astyle to indent things and most...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 17:58
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Why so upset with the curlies? I prefer them to...

Why so upset with the curlies? I prefer them to begin and end from pascal. or macro/endm in some assemblers. Or indentation in python. Just denotes scope. Although I will say C compilers usually...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 17:35
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Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
C++ gives you the ability to control resource...

C++ gives you the ability to control resource lifetime with scope. Its personally my favourite language. When used properly it’s amazing. The Amiga is too slow for it though. I have 12 years...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 16:26
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Thank you. Its called growth and development. ...

Thank you. Its called growth and development.




I try. But as I say the bad coders don’t listen and they argue that what they’ve done is valid. That it works. That’s usually good enough for...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 16:04
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
I reserve the right to change my opinions. There...

I reserve the right to change my opinions. There are exceptions to everything.

I have a different personal definition of hacks to @meynaf. But I can see why he has his definition.

Mine...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 15:05
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Agreed. Good coders feel guilty when they hack is...

Agreed. Good coders feel guilty when they hack is the difference. They leave comments and say this is a hack. Bad coders argue and say it’s valid.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 14:58
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Agreed. However I find that there isn’t very good...

Agreed. However I find that there isn’t very good judgement on this. Simply wanting to write a game isn’t usually justification enough.








Partially agree. I’d argue for generating...
Forum: Hardware mods 05 November 2018, 14:38
Replies: 4,059
Views: 754,382
Posted By plasmab
I need the support code that AmigaOS needs for a...

I need the support code that AmigaOS needs for a serial port device driver. I want to tear the guts out and communicate with my device inside it.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 14:34
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
This is wrong. Vasm at least lets you have...

This is wrong. Vasm at least lets you have multiple code sections. Some for ROM, RAM etc.





Hackers always say this.
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 14:23
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Disabling the OS is usually a sign of a hack...

Disabling the OS is usually a sign of a hack right there. I wrote 68k games as a teenager using this method. It’s pretty much the definition of bad coding.

Why call code in different sections?...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 November 2018, 13:37
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
I read this once and Hyperion does seem to have...

I read this once and Hyperion does seem to have this right (I bought the 2016 rom and wanted to check). I suspect that this was actually a badly written agreement with the intent being for them to...
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 05 November 2018, 12:38
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
Many things.. The OS helps you out and does...

Many things..

The OS helps you out and does this for you. So why hand roll it?

Second.. you’re probably doing it wrong if you are mixing code and data to the extent you need to. That’s what...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 November 2018, 12:24
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
AmigaOS 3.1.4 withdrawn from market after Amiga

Well you kinda prove my point here. If this is not possible then this is why the AmigaOS is going nowhere. Because there are too many options/permutations. Some people argue that that is the strength...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 November 2018, 11:00
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Similar feelings here. I’d really like to see...

Similar feelings here. I’d really like to see better standards for WB installs and something like apt-get for managing patch versions. It should be entirely possible.

So to get the latest patches...
Forum: Amiga scene 05 November 2018, 09:34
Replies: 982
Views: 186,039
Posted By plasmab
Thanks for the summary. I really don’t care...

Thanks for the summary. I really don’t care enough to read these. You need to pay me to read legalese.

I just found it curious that some of the vendors are still offering it in physical media....
Forum: Coders. Asm / Hardware 04 November 2018, 23:33
Replies: 1,119
Views: 300,457
Posted By plasmab
I review code for a living. I see hacks every...

I review code for a living. I see hacks every day. And i listen to the excuses and BS from developers who try to pretend those arent hacks. The better coders are the ones that at least admit the code...
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